Biographies

Mr. John Lawson Thornton serves as Non-Independent Executive Chairman of the Board of Barrick Gold Corp. Mr. Thornton was appointed Executive Chairman of Barrick on April 30, 2014. From June 5, 2012 to April 29, 2014, Mr. Thornton was Co-Chairman of Barrick. He is also Chairman of Silk Road Finance Corporation, an Asian investment firm, and Non-Executive Chairman of PineBridge Investments, a global asset manager. He is a Professor, Director of the Global Leadership Program, and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He retired in 2003 as President and a member of the board of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Mr. Thornton is Co-Chair of the Asia Society, and is also a trustee, advisory board member or member of, the China Investment Corporation (CIC), Confucius Institute Headquarters, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, McKinsey Advisory Council, Schwarzman Scholars, and the African Leadership Academy. He is also Vice Chairman of the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. Mr. Thornton holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College, a degree in jurisprudence from Oxford University, and a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Management.

Mr. Mark Bristow serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. Mr. Bristow was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Barrick effective January 1, 2019, following completion of the Merger. Previously, since its incorporation in 1995, Mr. Bristow was the Chief Executive Officer of Randgold following his pioneering exploration work in West Africa. He subsequently led Randgold’s growth through the discovery and development of high quality assets into a major international gold mining business. Mr. Bristow played a pivotal role in promoting the emergence of a sustainable mining industry in Africa, and has a proven track record of delivering significant shareholder value. During his career, Mr. Bristow has held board positions at a number of global gold mining companies. Mr. Bristow holds a Doctorate in Geology from Natal University in South Africa.

Mr. Robert L. (Rob) Krcmarov serves as Executive Vice President - Exploration and Growth of Barrick Gold Corporation. Prior to March 2016, he was Senior Vice President, Global Exploration. He is a seasoned mining industry leader with nearly 30 years of experience in geology and exploration. For the past 10 years, he has led a global team of geoscientists and exploration professionals at Barrick who are responsible for the discovery of a number of the largest gold deposits in recent decades, including Lagunas Norte and Goldrush, in addition to Alturas, an equally promising new discovery in Chile. Mr. Krcmarov joined Barrick in 2001 with the merger of Homestake Mining Company and was appointed Vice President, Global Exploration in 2005. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree from the University of Adelaide and a Master's degree in Economic Geology from the University of Tasmania.

Ms. Kathy Sipos serves as General Manager - Corporate Office of the Company. She was Chief of Staff of the Company. Prior to September 2015, she was Senior Vice President, Business Process Integration; prior to January 2015, she is Vice President of Investor and Stakeholder Relations at Teranga Gold Corporation.

Mr. Grant Beringer serves as Group Sustainability Executive of the Company. He has been Group Sustainability Executive; prior to January 2019, he was Director of International Operations at Digby Wells Environmental; prior to January 2016, Director of Projects at Digby Wells Environmental.

Mr. Mark F. Hill serves as Chief Operating Officer, LATAM and Australia Pacific of the Company. He was Chief Investment Officer of the Company effective September 12th 2016. Mr. Hill has more than 25 years of experience in the mining industry. He re-joins Barrick after four years at Waterton Global Resource Management, where he is currently a partner and Head of Mining. In this role, Mr. Hill leads Waterton's Evaluations group, and works with a multi-disciplinary team to conduct asset evaluations and due-diligence reviews. Prior to Waterton, Mr. Hill's positions at Barrick included Vice President, Evaluations, and Vice President, Capital Projects. He has also held senior positions with BHP Billiton, AngloGold Ashanti, Placer Dome, and WMC Ltd. Mr. Hill holds a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, and a Graduate Diploma in Mineral Economics.

Mr. Willem Jacobs serves as Chief Operating Officer, Africa and Middle East of the Company. He has been Chief Operating Officer, Africa and Middle East; prior to January 2019, Chief Operating Officer at Randgold Resources Limited.

Mr. Rodney Burton Quick serves as Mineral Resource Management and Evaluation Executive of the Company. Prior to January 2019, he was Mineral Resource Management and Evaluation Executive at Randgold Resources Limited.

Ms. Catherine Philippa Raw serves as Chief Operating Officer, North America of the Company. She was Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of the Company since April 26. 2016. She is an ideal successor who will carry forward and strengthen this important work. Prior to joining Barrick in May, 2015, Ms. Raw was co-manager of BlackRock's flagship mining funds, where she spent years leading in-depth financial analysis and evaluation of every major mining company in the world. Her experience as one of the largest investors in the mining sector gives her an intimate knowledge of the global industry, an understanding of the fundamental drivers of superior performance and an innate focus on the experience of the owner. She holds the chartered financial analyst designation, a master's degree in natural sciences, with first class honours, from Downing College, University of Cambridge, and a master of science in mineral project appraisal from Imperial College London.

Mr. Greg Alan Pool Walker serves as Head - Operations and Technical Excellence, North America of the Company. He was Senior Vice President - Operational and Technical Excellence of the Company. prior to December 2017, Executive General Manager, Pueblo Viejo Mine; prior to September 2016, Executive Managing Director, Barrick Niugini Ltd; prior to October 2015, Executive General Manager, Porgera Mine.

Ms. Lois Wark serves as Group Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Executive of the Company. Prior to January 2019, she was Group General Manager Corporate Communications at Randgold Resources Limited.

Mr. J. Brett Harvey serves as Lead Independent Director of Barrick Gold Corporation. Mr. Harvey was Chairman Emeritus of CONSOL Energy Inc., a coal, gas, and energy services company from May 2016 to May 2017. He was CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Chairman from January 2015 to May 2016, Executive Chairman from May 2014 to January 2015, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from June 2010 to May 2014, and Chief Executive Officer from January 1998 to June 2010. From January 2009 to May 2014, he was also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNX Gas Corporation, a subsidiary of CONSOL Energy Inc. He began his business career in mining, joining the Kaiser Steel Company in 1979 at the Sunnyside Mine in Utah, and, in 1984, he was appointed as Vice President and General Manager of Kaiser Coal of New Mexico. Mr. Harvey also served as Vice President, Mining for PacifiCorp. In 2016, he received the Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal, awarded by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration for distinguished achievement in mining administration. Mr. Harvey is the former chair of the National Mining Association and of the Coal Industry Advisory Board to the International Energy Agency. He is a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America and a director and past chairman of the Laurel Highlands Council of the Boy Scouts. Mr. Harvey holds an undergraduate degree in mining engineering from the University of Utah.

Mr. Gustavo Alfredo Cisneros serves as Independent Director of Barrick Gold Corporation. Mr. Cisneros is the Chairman of Cisneros, a privately-held worldwide media, entertainment, telecommunications and consumer products organization. Additionally, he is the owner of Tropicalia, a large-scale, high-end, environmentally and socially responsible, tourism real estate development in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Cisneros is a member of Barrick’s International Advisory Board. He is also a senior advisor to RRE Ventures LLC, a venture capital firm. During his career, Mr. Cisneros has held board positions and other leadership roles at a number of organizations, including: Univision Communications, Chase Manhattan Bank, All-American Bottling Corporation, Spalding, the Panama Canal Authority, the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, the Ibero-American Council for Productivity and Competitiveness, the Council for the Atlantic Institute of Government, The Nature Conservancy, Americas Society, the Council on Foreign Relations, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Harvard University. Mr. Cisneros holds an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Miami and an undergraduate degree from Babson College.

Mr. Christopher L. Coleman serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Coleman is the group head of banking at Rothschild & Co. and has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector, including corporate and private client banking and project finance. From 2008 until the completion of the Merger, Mr. Coleman served as a non-executive director of Randgold, including as non-executive Chairman of the board of directors, Chairman of the governance and nominating committee, and member of the remuneration committee. Beyond his service as a director of Randgold, Mr. Coleman has had long-standing involvement in the mining sector in Africa and globally. He is a director of NM Rothschild & Sons, chairman of Rothschild Bank International in the Channel Islands and serves on a number of other boards and committees of the Rothschild & Co. Group, which he joined in 1989. He is also a non-executive director of Papa John’s International, Inc. From 2001 to 2008, Mr. Coleman was a non-executive director of the Merchant Bank of Central Africa. Mr. Coleman holds an undergraduate degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mr. J. Michael (Mike) Evans serves as Independent Director of Barrick Gold Corporation. Mr. Evans is the President of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and a director of the company, a position he has held since August 2015. Prior to becoming President, Mr. Evans was an independent director and member of the audit committee of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. with responsibility, among other things, for the oversight and evaluation of operating and financial risk and internal controls. He served as Vice Chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from February 2008 until his retirement in December 2013. Mr. Evans was Chairman of Goldman Sachs’ Asia operations from 2004 to 2013 and held various leadership positions within the firm’s securities business, including global head of equity capital markets. As the co-head of Goldman Sachs’ securities division for seven years, Mr. Evans was responsible, with the other division co-heads, among other things, for the continuous review of risk including operating and financial risk. He is a board member of City Harvest. He is also a trustee of the Asia Society and a member of the Advisory Council for the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University. Mr. Evans holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University. Mr. Evans won a gold medal for Canada at the 1984 summer Olympics in men’s eight rowing.

Mr. Brian L. Greenspun serves as an Independent Director of Barrick Gold Corporation. Mr. Greenspun is the Publisher and Editor of the Las Vegas Sun. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Greenspun Media Group. Mr. Greenspun has been appointed to two U.S. Presidential Commissions. In the early 1990s, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the White House Commission on Small Business. In December 2014, he was appointed by President Barack Obama to the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. He is a Trustee of The Brookings Institution, the University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation, and the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance. He is active in numerous civic and charitable organizations in the Las Vegas community. Mr. Greenspun holds a law degree and an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.

Mr. Andrew James Quinn serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Quinn was head of Mining Investment Banking for Europe and Africa at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for 15 years prior to his retirement in 2011. From 2011 until 2018 he served as non-executive director of Randgold, including the roles of Senior Independent Director, Chairman of the remuneration committee, and member of the audit committee. Since 2016, Mr. Quinn has served as a non-executive director of the London Bullion Market Association, the international trade association which oversees the over-the-counter trading market for gold and silver. He has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry, including positions at Anglo American, Greenbushes Tin, and The Mining Journal. Prior to joining Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1996, he worked for 12 years at James Capel & Co. Limited (later HSBC Investment Banking). Mr. Quinn holds an undergraduate degree in Mineral Exploitation (Mining Engineering) from Cardiff University.

Ms. Loreto Silva is Independent Director of the Company. An accomplished legal professional, academic and consultant, Loreto is Chile's former Minister of Public Works and the current chairperson of the board of ENAP, the country's national petroleum company. She is also a partner at the Chilean law firm of Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados. Loreto started her career as a lawyer for the Chilean Chamber of Construction where she helped develop the country's sanitary and public works concession systems. She specialized in public works concession contracts, competition, water resource management as well as the development of electric, sanitary and infrastructure projects. In 2010, Loreto was appointed Vice Minister of Public Works and became Minister of the department at the end of the 2012. As Minister, she promoted and led complex infrastructural works such as the bridge over the Chacao Channel and the Américo Vespucio Oriente highway. She also led the development of the National Water Resource Strategy and is currently director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce ("CAM"), director at the Infrastructure Policy Council ("CPI") and member of Women Corporate Directors.

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